Angularly-resolved E×B probe spectra in the plume of a 6-kW Hall thruster

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reid, Bryan M ^a,c   Shastry, Rohit ^a,c   Gallimore, Alec D ^a,c   Hofer, Richard R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory   (United States)

^d Electric Propulsion Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE FLOW RATE; AXIAL LOCATIONS; CENTERLINES; CHARGE-EXCHANGE COLLISIONS; CHARGED IONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; CORRECTION METHOD; CURRENT FRACTIONS; DISCHARGE CHANNEL; DISCHARGE POWER; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; INCREASED DISCHARGES; ION CURRENT DENSITY; ION CURRENTS; ION SPECIES; MAIN BEAMS; MASS FLOW RATE; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE MODEL; PROBE LOCATION; THRUSTER PERFORMANCE;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; IONS; LOCATION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PROBES; PROPULSION; XENON;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 77957838952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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